Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries

    Swine can act as so-called “mixing vessels” for human and bird flus, giving avian viruses an opportunity to adapt for spreading in people.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Limiting sugar in infancy reduces the risk of diabetes and hypertension

    Children who experienced sugar rationing during World War II were less likely to develop some chronic illnesses as adults than those with no rationing.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Are synthetic food dyes bad for you? Here’s what the science says.

    California is banning them in schools. The FDA says they’re fine. But synthetic dyes added to food to make them more colorful have a long, troubled history.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Drop in vaping drives tobacco product use by U.S. youth to a record low

    The fewest number of U.S. middle and high school students are currently using tobacco products since the National Youth Tobacco Survey began in 1999.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Male mosquitoes sometimes suck, too

    Blood isn’t actually toxic to all male mosquitos. In at least one virus-carrying species, it may even help them live longer.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    A new implant tested in animals reverses drug overdoses

    In pigs, the device detected overdoses and administered naloxone. It could also alert emergency services to respond.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Once-weekly insulin might mean fewer shots for some with diabetes

    Recent clinical trials of weekly insulin highlight how this formulation may be useful in managing diabetes, but the drug has limitations.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Doula care may lead to fewer C-sections or preterm births

    A new study comparing the health outcomes of Medicaid patients with and without a doula suggests the extra support during pregnancy may be beneficial.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, chronic pain mystified scientists

    Chronic pain has puzzled scientists for decades, but diagnoses and treatments have come a long way.

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  10. Psychology

    Navigation research often excludes the environment. That’s starting to change

    Participants “navigating” on a lab computer have shaped navigation knowledge. Studies that add in the environment challenge those findings.

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  11. Physics

    Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice

    This first successful treatment of tumors with radioactive ion beams could one day lead to treating human patients’ tumors with millimeter precision.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes

    A new gene drive can copy and paste itself into the genomes of herpes simplex viruses in mice. The end goal is a version that disables the virus in humans.

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